• Sephitard9001 [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      2 years ago

      Nazis did tend to use the Mosin but looking into it, it’s probably more due to availability of ammo and the fact that they didn’t freeze shut like German rifles did

      • Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        2 years ago

        they didn’t freeze shut like German rifles did

        In all situations, an inferior piece of equipment which works is preferable to a superior piece of equipment which is broken.

        Thank fuck the Nazi tank industry never learned this.

      • Mardoniush [she/her]@hexbear.net
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        2 years ago

        The one’s who got the better made Mosins (especially Finnish ones) really did prefer it. But of course the wartime pressures on the Soviet economy made quality vary widely. (that’s what happens when you move your factory half way across the country and try to make stuff with completely different steel.)